Boiler stand



July 12, 1927.

s. E. HOPPER BO ILER STAND Filed Feb. 10, 1926 Patented July 12 1927.

UNITED stares SAMUEL E. HOPPER, or GRAFTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

BOILER STAND.

. Application filed February My invention relates to boiler stands.

, Boilers for heating water for household 7 purposes are supplied to the plumbing trade without any supporting structure. The boilers come each with a central tapped hole in the bottom. The plumber has to devisehis own methodsof supporting the boiler on fittings screwed into the said holes. It is the object of this invention to produce an assembly including a universal fitting, which will support the boiler, provide connections for a faucet or other conduit or conduits, and prevent water from enteringthe lower part of the stand where it will freeze in many situations. My invention also resides in the said universal fitting which is con .structed to be used with a large variety of accompanying fittings, such as nipples, Ts, crosses, and Us.

Referring to the accompanyingdrawing, the view is a central vertical section of my invention applied to a boiler, parts being in side elevation and broken away.

On the drawing 1 designates a vertical boiler having the tapped opening 2 in its bottom 3. The nipple 1 is screwed into the I opening 2 and a suitable fitting, as the T 5,

is screwed on the lower end of the nipple 4:. The lateral. opening or outlet '6 maybe provided with the faucet 7 or other conduit,

so that the boiler may be drained for cleaning purposes or that a supply of Water may be drawn from the boiler. 7 My special or universal fitting 8 hasthe reduced threaded upper end 9 screwed into the lower end of the T fitting 5 and has preferably the lower end of the T 5 when the fitting 8 is screwed as fully as possible into the T. I

the shoulder 10 which engages 1c, 1926. Serial No. 87,280.

The lower enlarged end 11 of the fitting 8 1s provided with the downwardly-open socket. 12 which telescopes the leg 13 which is preferably a short length of pipe, having itslower end seated in the laterally-expanded or foot 14.. The leg 13 may be screwed into the socket 12 or not, as desired. In order to prevent Water from entering the log13, the upper end of the socketfis closed with an integral part 15 of the fitting 8. This fitting may have the portion 9 1101- low as at 16 for a'distance downward'but not entirely through the portion15. This hollow-16 lightens the fitting and saves some metal without material expense, as the fitting is cast. i

It is seen above to a plainfitting or a T or a cross or an t. or other shape, and. at the bottom to P anysort of a pipe or ro'd supported bythe foot 14 or other device. 1 1. The boiler is provided-with the usual heater llprovided with thiegas-"burner 18 I and the usual water connections 19 and 20.

I claim to a boiler, a pipe fitting attached to the lower end of the nipple and having a lateral opening and a vertical opening throughout its length, a faucet connected'to the lateral opening, a fitting closing the lower. end of the pipe-fitting and having a downwardly open so'cl et,-a leg having its upper'end in the socket, anda base supporting the lower end of the leg. a v i In testimony whereof, I hereunto a'lfix my guature.

that the fitting 8 can be attached,

In a boiler stand, a nipple for attachment 65 sAMuELj E. HOPPER. 

